Graduation is the one weekend the whole family travels for — grandparents from one coast, an aunt from the other, the sibling at a different school. It is also the single most expensive weekend of the year to fly into a college town, because every family is trying to do the same thing at once. A little coordination saves a lot of money and a lot of texts.
Get everyone on one plan, not twelve group texts
The chaos is never the ceremony — it is the dozen "what flight should I book?" messages. Instead, open one trip and share the link with the family. Each relative adds their home airport and dates, and you see the whole roster in one place. The per-campus version lives on the graduation travel pages for your school.
Book before the fare spike
Graduation-weekend fares climb fast and stay high. The safe move is to watch fares across every guest's route and book several months out — and to check award seats, because one family member's miles can often cover several tickets. Compare cash and points side by side rather than guessing.
Line up the hotel block early
Campus-area hotels sell out a year ahead for commencement. Decide how many rooms you need, reserve the block near campus, and align it with everyone's arrival times so the family lands together instead of trickling in.
Split the cost so one person is not the bank
Whoever fronts the deposit should not eat it. Track flights, the rooms, and the celebration dinner in one ledger with a live "who owes whom," and settle up in the fewest payments. Start a graduation trip and Pointify handles the routing, the points math, and the split.
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